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The Red Hill Cemetery Commission approved a new fee schedule for the cemetery at their quarterly meeting on Monday, July 10.

Hodgenville Mayor Kenny DeVore went over the fees with the commission which included the sale of cemetery plots at $1,500 each (minimum of two plot lots) in the Smith William Section and all other sections $900 each (minimum of two plot lots) with a limited number of single plots at $800 each.

For grave opening and closing, tent settings are $300 per grave. The price of a single grave is $600 each.

While many things are done by the National Park Service to preserve Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace and boyhood home in LaRue County, one of the often forgotten preservation practices is the period garden that is grown every year at Lincoln’s Boyhood Home at Knob Creek.

Temperatures are on the rise this week and the Kentucky State Police is warning parents not to leave a child alone in a hot car.

It may seem like common sense, but every year law enforcement agencies answer calls about unattended children in vehicles. KidsandCars.org reports that 39 children died in the U.S. during 2016 from vehicular heat stroke with 11 deaths already in 2017.

Many Kentuckians are worried about the increasing number of statewide overdose deaths last year.

The 2016 state overdose report was released last week and it showed an increase in statewide increase of overdose deaths with a strong mix of the drugs fentanyl, heroin and prescription pills. According to the report released by the Kentucky Office of Drug Policy on June 26, there was a total of 1,404 fatal overdoses in the state in 2016, which was a 7.4 percent increase from the 1,248 overdose deaths in 2015.

A LaRue County male led police on a high speed motorcycle chase on Sunday, July 2 that started in Hodgenville and ended in Magnolia.

According to the arrest citation, Hodgenville Police Officer Kenneth Thompson observed a motorcycle cross over into his lane on North Lincoln Boulevard in Hodgenville and reportedly almost hit him head-on. The driver of the motorcycle was later identified as Derek J. Meredith, 26, of Magnolia. When Thompsonattempted to initiate a traffic stop with his lights and siren, Meredith sped up and also ran a stop sign as he crossed Lincoln Parkway.